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Family Problems

Folks here have discussed various levels of disapproval, jealousy, or whatever from wives and neighbors and such, of their "hobby." But how about this example someone e-mailed me:

>Speaking of personal subs, did you hear about Tom Clancy?  The Russkies
>offered to sell him and old (but fully functional) diesel electric u-boat
>for a pittance-- I think a quarter million or so.  And he had the money,
>plus a dock to keep it moored at, on his estate.  But he couldn't talk his
>wife into letting him do it.  "I'm not having one of those nasty, smelly,
>greasy, ugly things in *my* backyard."  So, I guess it was broken up for
>scrap metal instead.


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David
buchner@wcta.net
http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
Osage MN USA